Honourable
Friends:
Release of Mind through Friendliness (Metta-ceto-vimutti)
Can be reached through systematic & continuous maintenance of this noble
wish:
May
all sentient beings without exception, in all 31 forms of individual
existence,
residing in the 3 realms, of inconceivable number, extending infinitely in
all 10 directions,
enduring boundlessly through all past, present and future time, to an
absolute complete
and endless degree, come to see it all as it really is, conquer all
craving and hostility,
reach utter harmlessness, and by that be perfused with the ultimate bliss
... !!!
The FRIEND of pure GOODWILL (Mettā):
May I & all beings pay Constant Attention to, Always Aware of
infinite Friendliness!
May I & all beings keep Examining Noble
Friendliness based on endless Goodwill!
May I & all beings put enthusiastic effort & energy into developing
limitless Friendliness!
May I & all beings rejoice in the Blissful Joy emanating from all genuine
Noble Friendliness!
May I & all beings dwell in the Tranquillity which follows
Friendliness made inestimable!
May I & all beings gain one-pointed Concentration arised from the calm of
vast Friendliness!
May I & all beings experience imperturbable Equanimity arised from
illimitable Friendliness!
The all-embracing
PITY of
UNDERSTANDING EMPATHY (Karunā):
May I & all beings pay Constant Attention to, Always Aware of infinite
Pity!
May I & all beings keep Examining Noble Pity
based on endless Understanding!
May I & all beings put enthusiastic effort & energy into developing
limitless Pity!
May I & all beings rejoice in the Blissful Joy emanating from all genuine
Noble Pity!
May I & all beings dwell in the Tranquillity which follows
Pity made inestimable!
May I & all beings gain one-pointed Concentration arised from the calm of
vast Pity!
May I & all beings experience imperturbable Equanimity arised from
illimitable Pity!
The MUTUAL JOY: Joy with the success of
others too (Muditā):
May I & all beings pay Constant Attention to, Always Aware of infinite
Mutual Joy!
May I & all beings keep Examining Noble Mutual
Joy based on endless rejoicing!
May I & all beings put enthusiastic effort & energy into developing
limitless Mutual Joy!
May I & all beings rejoice in the Blissful Joy emanating from all genuine
Noble Mutual Joy!
May I & all beings dwell in the Tranquillity which follows
Mutual Joy made inestimable!
May I & all beings gain one-pointed Concentration arised from the calm of
vast Mutual Joy!
May I & all beings experience imperturbable Equanimity arised from
illimitable Mutual Joy!
EQUANIMITY: Unaffectable, Unprovokable, and
Undisturbable (Upekkhā):
May all the infinite number of sentient beings, without
even any single exception,
in all 31 forms of individual existence, residing in the 3 realms, of
inconceivable number,
extending infinitely in all 10 directions, enduring eternally through all
past, present & future time,
to a completely infinite degree, develop Equanimity & become one who
smiles silently like a mountain!
May I & all beings pay Constant Attention to, Always Aware of infinite
Equanimity!
May I & all beings keep Examining Noble
Equanimity based on endless imperturbability!
May I & all beings put enthusiastic effort & energy into developing
limitless Equanimity!
May I & all beings rejoice in the Blissful Joy emanating from all genuine
Noble Equanimity!
May I & all beings dwell in the Tranquillity which follows
Equanimity made inestimable!
May I & all beings gain one-pointed Concentration arised from the calm of
vast Equanimity!
May I & all beings experience imperturbable Equanimity arised from
illimitable Equanimity!
Yeah, let it be even so :-) In brevity the 4 Sublime Abidings permuted
with the 7 links to Awakening
It shines, blazes, lifts, elevates, and protects supremely like indeed
nothing else ....
Going through systematically each morning keeps all day smiling !!! hehehe
:-)
For free copy as a gift of Dhamma, May I & all beings be freed by
friendliness thereby!
More here:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/The_Buddha_on_Noble_Frienship.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Infinite_and_Divine_Classic.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Metta.htm